RxRChemicalAssistant

Gunnhacks 8.0 Submission

Inspiration

My inspiration for the name of this project was because my Chemistry teacher taught us to balance Chemical Equations with the "Railroad Method".

What it does

This web app can balance a Synthesis Chemical Reaction and display information about elements of the periodic table and polyatomic ions.

How I built it

I built it using Python's Flask library and stored the Periodic Table and Polyatomic Ion data in json files.

Challenges I ran into

I ran into challenges with hosting on Heroku as one does, as well as some general Python bugs that I tried to troubleshoot.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I am proud that I took up the challenge to go to a hackathon solo and I learned a lot about how I should manage my project in a short time (despite not being fully finished)

What I learned

I learned that the project choice was a bit ambitious to create in 24 hours, but nevertheless gained a lot of experience with how Flask was able to work in conjunction with HTML and CSS.

What's next for RxR Chemistry Assistant

I plan on taking more time after Gunnhacks to grow this project to be able to balance Single Replacement, Double Replacement, and Combustion Reactions. Possibly even a Stoichiometry converter as well.

How to run locally

Locate the main.py file.

Go to the line with app.run(...).

Change to app.run(port=4783), or whatever port you want

Run the command pip3 install -r requirements.txt in your terminal

Run the command python3 main.py in your terminal

Built With

• flask
• python